Ambulatory toy



F. BREUER Feb'. 23, 1932.

AMBULATORY TOY Filed Nov. 16, 1931 Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES FREDQBREUER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Application led November 16, 1931. Serial No. 575,304.

This invention relates to that type of ambulatory toys in which the rotary movement from the ground wheels of the structure imparts a movement simulating a Walking movement to the legs of a jointed lay figure arranged in associated relation to the other portions of the toy. And this improvement has for its objects To provide a structural formation and combination of parts of the intermediate mechanism by which the rotary movement of the ground wheels is adapted to impart a walking movement to the legs of a jointed lay figure associated with the other portions of the toy, to simulate a male figure pushing or pulling the toy in a movement of the same along a floor or like surface.

To provide in connection with the main frame of a toy of the above mentioned type, a disconnectible platform or bed for receiving an ornamental gure of any desired configuration and a revoluble shade for such figure, the carrying shaft of such shade having operative connection 'with the mechanism by which walking movement is imparted to the legs of the associated lay figure that represents the actuator of the toy.

To provide in connection with an ambulatory toy of the above mentioned type, a pole or handle having a structural formation and arrangement adapting it to be swung from one end to the other of the toytoafford a push or a pull operation as desired, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on line 1-1, Fig. 2 of a toy structure embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a similar view on line 3-3, Fig. 1.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

The main frame 1 of the toy is formed of a strip of plate metal bent upon itself to pro vide longitudinal side rails that are formed with journal orifices for the transverse axle 2 of the pair of ground wheels 3, while at their free ends said rails are provided with upright guide heads 4 for operative engagement with the movable legs of the hereinafter described lay figure.

` At the connected ends of the aforesaid rails,

a platform or bed 5 is removably secured thereon and is adapted to receive and support the nligure 5 of a dog, a child or the like ornamental attachment.

The lay ligure above referred to comprises an upper portion 6 of a hollow formation preferably of the trunk, arms and head of a 6o male person, and adapted to fit over and conceal the operating parts and mechanism of the pair of legs now to be described.

Each leg 7 is of a single piece formation, arranged outside an adjacent upright guide head 4 aforesaid, and having at its upper end a lateral stud or pin 8 adapted for pivotal and sliding engagement in a verticallyelongated slot 4 in an adjacent guide head 4. Intermediate of its length each leg 7 has journal 7o engagement with a crank arm 90u an adjacent outer end of a transverse counter shaft 10 journalled in the aforesaid longitudinal rails of the main frame 1, with said counter shaft carrying a centrally arranged sheave 11 75 which in turn has driven connection by an endless belt 12 with a driving sheave 13 on the axle 2 aforesaid. With the described arrangement of parts, movements closely simulating a walking or running action on the part of the legs 10 are effected in a simple and effective manner.

The pole or handle 14 of the toy is formed with a forked inner attaching end 14 for pivotal connection with the axle 2 in adjacent relation to the ground wheels 3 of the toy, with suoli forked end 14 having sufficient size to permit a clear swing of the pole or handle over the toy portions in a shift of the pole or handle from a pull to a push position and vice versa, when so desired.

In adjacent relation to the ornamental figure 5, a vertical shaft 15 is revolubly mounted in the carrying platform or bed 5 of such 95 figure, with said shaft carrying on its lower end a friction disk 16 for driven engagement with the aforesaid sheave 13 on the axle 2 of the ground wheels, while at its upper end said shaft carries a toy shade or parasol 16 10 to simulate a shade for the adjacent ornamental ligure 5.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. An ambulatory toy comprising a main frame formed by a strip of metal bent to form a pair of longitudinal rails, a transverse axle mounted insaid rails, ground wheels fixed on said axle, guide heads at one end of the rails and having vertical guide slots, a pair of legs, each leg having a single strip form and provided at its upper end with a lateral stud for sliding and pivotal engagement in the guide slot of an adjacent guide head, a transverse counter shaft journal'led in the main frame and having crank arms on its respective ends adapted for operative engagement with the aforesaid legs at their mid-length, a driven sheave on said counter shaft, a driving sheave on the aforesaid axle, an endless belt connecting said sheaves, and a pole or handle associated with the ina-in frame.

2. An ambulatory toy as specified in claim l, and whe-rein a hollow lay figure is associated with the pair of legs and adapted to enclose and conceal the operating mechanism of said legs.

3. An ambulatory toy as specified in claim l, and wherein a vertical shaft has operative connection with the ground wheel axle through a sheave on the axle and a friction disk on the lower end of the vertical shaft, with the upper end of the shaft carrying a shade.

4. An ambulatory toy as specified in claim l, and wherein the operating pole or handle is formed with a forked inner end adapted for pivotal engagement with the axle of the ground wheels, and having a size suilicient to permit the swinging of the pole from one to the other end of the toy in a shift from a push to a pull operation, or vice versa, of the toy. Y

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

FRED BREUER. 

